Jun 07, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Last night, Angel Olsen made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where she performed “Big Time” from her new album of the same name. More

Jun 03, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 22nd Songs of the Week of 2022. Thanks to the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, it was a fairly quiet week for new singles (or at least new singles we loved). We even considered skipping Songs of the Week this week, but found enough we liked for a Top 10 list. More

Jun 03, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Angel Olsen has released a new album, Big Time, today via Jagjaguwar. The album’s accompanying short film, directed by Olsen alongside Kimberly Stuckwisch, premiered last night. More

May 27, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Angel Olsen has covered Bob Dylan’s 1964 song “One Too Many Mornings” for the soundtrack of the upcoming Apple TV+ series Shining Girls, starring Elizabeth Moss. The soundtrack features a score by Claudia Sarne and is out today. More

May 20, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 20th Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a mixed week for new tracks, but there were still some good ones worth crowing about and we settled on a Top 13. More

May 18, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Angel Olsen has shared a lyric video for her new single, “Through the Fires.” It is the latest release from her forthcoming album, Big Time, which will be out on June 3 via Jagjaguwar. More

May 09, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Angel Olsen and director Kimberly Stuckwisch have announced the release of a 28-minute film titled Big Time, presented by Amazon Music. It will premiere on the Amazon Music channel on Twitch and the Amazon Music App on June 2 at 9:30 p.m. ET, the day before the release of Olsen’s upcoming album of the same name. Olsen and Stuckwisch have shared a trailer for the film, which features two new songs from the album: “Chasing the Sun” and “Through the Fires.” More

Apr 29, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 17th Songs of the Week of 2022. It’s a very Canadian edition of Songs of the Week, with four artists from north of the border making this week’s Top 10. More

Apr 27, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Angel Olsen has shared a video for her new single, “Big Time.” It is the title track to her upcoming album, which will be out on June 3 via Jagjaguwar. More

Apr 01, 2022 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the thirteenth Songs of the Week of 2022. It was a solid week for new music, with a strong and obvious #1 song. Today we posted an April Fools’ Day joke on our site. Did you notice it? More

Mar 29, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Angel Olsen has announced the release of a new album, Big Time, which will be out on June 3 via Jagjaguwar. Olsen has also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “All the Good Times.” More

Jan 25, 2022 By Mark Redfern

It is confounding that so many outlets insist on posting best songs of the year lists in early December. Not only are there several more weeks left in the year, in which a number of potential great songs could be released, it also takes time to digest all the tracks released in November and earlier in the fall. We’ve obviously taken too much time. More

Jan 10, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, and Julien Baker have all teamed up for a joint tour this summer, called The Wild Hearts tour. More

Nov 04, 2021 By Joshua Mellin

The Bay Area’s preeminent music festival returned for a special Halloween edition with Outside Lands in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park boasting headliners Lizzo; Vampire Weekend; Tyler, the Creator; and The Strokes. There were also some special costumed appearances by Tame Impala as The Wiggles and Caroline Polachek as Marie Antoinette. Under the Radar photographer Joshua Mellin was on the ground to capture the revelry, including photos of Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, Yves Tumor, and others. More

Aug 20, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Angel Olsen has released a new EP, Aisles, which features covers of five 1980s songs, today via Olsen’s new Jagjaguwar imprint somethingscosmic. Now that it’s out, you can stream it here and read our review of it. Aisles includes two tracks that haven’t been previously released as singles, her covers of OMD’s “If You Leave” and Alphaville’s “Forever Young.” Also Olsen is donating all her proceeds from the EP’s Bandcamp sales today to International Refugee Assistance Project, which is timely considering what’s going on in Afghanistan. More

Aug 16, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Angel Olsen is releasing a new EP, Aisles, which features covers of five 1980s songs, this Friday via Olsen’s new Jagjaguwar imprint somethingscosmic. Now she has shared its third single, a cover of Billy Idol’s “Eyes Without a Face.” More

Aug 10, 2021 By Mark Redfern

In May Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten teamed up for a brand new collaborative song, “Like I Used To.” Now they have shared an acoustic version of the song and last night the super-duo were the musical guests on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, where they remotely performed the acoustic version. More

Jul 29, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Angel Olsen is releasing a new EP, Aisles, which features covers of five 1980s songs, on August 20 via Olsen’s new Jagjaguwar imprint somethingscosmic (with a physical release on September 24). Now she has shared its second single, a cover of Men Without Hats’ 1982 classic “The Safety Dance.” More

Jul 08, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Angel Olsen, who has been quite prolific over the last couple of years, has announced a new EP, Aisles, featuring covers of five 1980s songs, and has shared its first single, an impassioned and slowed down take on Laura Branigan’s 1982 disco classic “Gloria.” Aisles also features covers of songs by OMD, Billy Idol, Men Without Hats, and Alphaville. More

Jun 09, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Last month two of the best contemporary singer/songwriter/guitarists, Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten, teamed up for a brand new collaborative song, “Like I Used To.” Last night the super-duo were the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where, joined by a fantastic backing band, they gave a flawless performance of the song. More

May 21, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 19th Songs of the Week of 2021. This week there was finally a ceasefire in the latest Israeli Palestinian conflict. More

May 20, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Two of the best contemporary singer/songwriter/guitarists, Angel Olsen and Sharon Van Etten, have teamed up for a brand new collaborative song, “Like I Used To.” It was shared via a video for the duet. More

Apr 20, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Angel Olsen is releasing a new box set, Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories, on May 7 via Jagjaguwar. The set features Olsen’s albums All Mirrors and Whole New Mess, along with a bonus LP titled Far Memory and a 40-page book. Olsen has shared a new track from Far Memory, “Alive and Dying (Waving, Smiling).” More

Mar 30, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Angel Olsen has announced a new box set, Song of the Lark and Other Far Memories, which will be out on May 7 via Jagjaguwar. The set features Olsen’s albums All Mirrors and Whole New Mess, along with a bonus LP titled Far Memory and a 40-page book collection. Olsen has also shared a new song from Far Memory titled “It’s Every Season (Whole New Mess),” an alternate version of the title track from Whole New Mess which was recorded during the All Mirrors sessions. More

Jan 19, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Hand Habits (the project of Meg Duffy) has announced a new EP, dirt EP, which will be released on February 19 via Saddle Creek. Duffy has also shared a video for the first song and lead single from the EP, “4th of july.” More

Oct 27, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Cass McCombs is encouraging his U.S. fans to vote next Tuesday with the new track “Don’t (Just) Vote,” which features the eclectic guest cast of Angel Olsen, Bob Weir, and Noam Chomsky. It is a new version of his misunderstood 2011 song “Don’t Vote,” which, despite its title, was actually also a get out the vote song. More

Oct 12, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen released a new album, Whole New Mess, in August via Jagjaguwar. Now she has performed a brand new song on her Instagram account. It is 11 minutes long and called “Time Bandits.” More

Oct 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen released a new album, Whole New Mess, in August via Jagjaguwar. Now she has done a Tiny Desk (Home) Concert for NPR Music, performing four songs remotely. More

Sep 16, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Emile Mosseri has enlisted Angel Olsen for a cover of Bobby Vinton’s “Mr. Lonely.” It is taken from the soundtrack to Kajillionaire, the new film directed by Miranda July that Mosseri has done the score for. More

Aug 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen has released a new album, Whole New Mess, today via Jagjaguwar. Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing here. Also, today we posted our review of the album. More

Aug 21, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Jennifer Irving and Samantha Small)

Welcome to the 33rd Songs of the Week of 2020. The Democrats had a virtual Democratic National Convention and made a convincing case against reelecting Donald Trump and for electing Joe Biden. Not that we needed convincing. More

Aug 18, 2020 By Jennifer Irving

A few weeks ago Angel Olsen announced a new album, Whole New Mess, and shared its first single, title track “Whole New Mess,” via a video for it. Now she’s back with another single, “Waving, Smiling.” She’s also shared a video of her performing the song live from Asheville’s Masonic Temple. Check out both the song and live video below.

Jul 31, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small and Jennifer Irving)

Welcome to the 30th Songs of the Week of 2020. This week President Trump suggested that November’s election be pushed back, something he thankfully has no authority to do. Meanwhile on the same day three other living presidents were honoring the late Congressman John Lewis, with President Barack Obama’s moving eulogy offering a stark contrast to the current commander in chief. More

Jul 29, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Yesterday Angel Olsen announced a new album, Whole New Mess, and shared its first single, title track “Whole New Mess,” via a video for it. As promised, last night she was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing “Whole New Mess” solo in an empty space. More

Jul 28, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen has announced a new album, Whole New Mess, and shared its first single, title track “Whole New Mess,” via a video for it. The album mainly features stripped down versions of the songs found on last year’s acclaimed All Mirrors album, but also features two new songs. More

Jul 16, 2020 By Samantha Small

In an empty Masonic Temple in Asheville, Hand Habits’ Meg Duffy joined Angel Olsen for the second edition of Olsen’s Cosmic Stream livestream event. The duo did an acoustic cover of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “Walls.” More

Jun 18, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, last October via Jagjaguwar. Now she has shared a remix of one of the album’s highlights, “New Love Cassette,” by Mark Ronson. Also, Cosmic Streams, her ticketed livestream concert series, starts tonight with Olsen performing her debut solo album, 2012’s Half Way Home, in its entirety. More

Apr 09, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, last October via Jagjaguwar. Now she has shared a remix of the title track, “All Mirrors,” by Johnny Jewel of Chromatics (and various other projects, including Glass Candy and Desire). More

Apr 07, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen has shared an at-home cover of Tori Amos’ “Winter.” She has also announced Still At Home: An Evening of Songs on Piano and Guitar, a ticketed live streamed full concert this Saturday, with proceeds going to benefit her touring band and road crew, as well as the MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Effort. More

Mar 30, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen has joined the litany of musicians who have performed from their homes during the COVID-19 pandemic and the mass self-quarantine, covering Roxy Music’s “More Than This” and posting it to her Instagram account. More

Jan 20, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, last October via Jagjaguwar. Now she has stopped by SiriusXM to cover “More Than You Know,” a song first published in 1929. More

Dec 05, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, in October via Jagjaguwar. Last night she stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform two songs from the album: “Summer” on the broadcast show and “Chance” as a web-exclusive. More

Nov 19, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, in October via Jagjaguwar. Now she has announced some new 2020 tour dates. More

Oct 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We had to skip it last week because we were too busy announcing our new print issue, the My Favorite Album Issue with Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the covers (buy it here), and also we weren’t overly inspired by last week’s selection of new tracks. So this week we cover the best songs of the last two weeks. More

Oct 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen released a new album, All Mirrors, today via Jagjaguwar and it’s our Album of the Week. Find more info on the album here. Also here are streams of other notable albums released today: DIIV, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Wilco, Chromatics, that dog., Lightning Dust, and Danny Brown. More

Oct 04, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen has released a new album, All Mirrors, today via Jagjaguwar. Last night she stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform the album’s title track, “All Mirrors.” She was aided by a string section for a stunning performance. Also, now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing here. Plus, read our rave 9/10 review of it and don’t forget that Olsen is on the cover of our new print issue, the My Favorite Album Issue. More

Sep 27, 2019 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the My Favorite Album Issue, our new print issue in which we speak to musicians and actors about their all-time favorite album. The issue features Angel Olsen and Sleater-Kinney on the two covers and is available to buy directly from us here, as well as being distributed in stores nationwide (on newsstands, in such stores as Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million, and elsewhere). More

Sep 13, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. We knew this week’s #1 song would be our #1 the moment we heard it. It might be the #1 Song of the Year even, we’ll see. More

Sep 12, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen is releasing a new album, All Mirrors, on October 4 via Jagjaguwar. Previously she shared a haunting black & white video for its title track, “All Mirrors,” which was #1 on our Songs of the Week list. Now she has shared the album’s epic second single, “Lark,” also via a stunning video. More

Aug 02, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. As soon as this week’s #1 song was shared on Tuesday morning we knew it would be the song to beat this week and it easily held off all challengers. Although, there were strong showings at #2 and #3 too. More

Jul 30, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen has announced a new album, All Mirrors, and shared a haunting black & white video for its title track. She has also announced some new European tour dates. All Mirrors is due out October 4 via Jagjaguwar. Watch the “All Mirrors” video below, followed by the album’s tracklist and her upcoming tour dates. Above is the album’s cover art. More

Jun 21, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. It’s a supersized edition, with a Top 12 instead of a Top 10. A ton of new albums were announced in the last week and then there were some albums and EPs released today featuring non-single tracks we’ve been dying to share in Songs of the Week. More

Jun 20, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Mark Ronson is releasing a new album, Late Night Feelings, tomorrow (June 21) via Sony. Now he has shared one last pre-release song from the album, “True Blue,” and it features the guest vocals of Angel Olsen. More

May 14, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen has announced some fall North American tour dates that will be her first full band tour since 2017. They include shows across the country in October, November, and December. Vagabon will support most dates. More

Jun 26, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Marissa Nadler has announced a new album, For My Crimes, and shared its title track, which features backing vocals from Angel Olsen. For My Crimes is due out September 28 via Sacred Bones and Bella Union. Check out “For My Crimes” below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, as well as her upcoming tour dates. More

May 01, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen has announced some September North American tour dates she is dubbing the “Tiny Dreams” tour. It will be her first solo tour since 2014 and a press release promises that she will be “playing sets that will include her early catalog, new unreleased material, and a lot that falls in between.” More

Feb 07, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand are releasing a new album, Always Ascending, this Friday (February 9) via their longtime label Domino. Now they have done a session for SiriusXM where they have covered Angel Olsen‘s “Shut Up Kiss Me,” from her fantastic 2016 album, MY WOMAN. More

Jan 23, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen was the guest on the Canadian radio show The Strombo Show, hosted by George Stroumboulopoulos. She did a cover of The Everly Brothers’ “Since You Broke My Heart” and performed two of her songs, “Lonely Universe” (from Half Way Home) and “Some Things Cosmic” (from the Strange Cacti EP). More

Jan 04, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Sonny Smith (of Sonny and the Sunsets and other projects) is releasing a new solo album, Rod For Your Love, on March 2 via Easy Eye Sound. Now he has shared another song from it, “Burnin’ Up,” via its video. More

Jan 03, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Coachella has announced the lineup for their 2018 festival, which goes down in Indio, California over two weekends in April (with the same bill each weekend). Friday April 13 and 20 is headlined by The Weeknd, Saturday April 14 and 21 is headlined by Beyoncé, and Sunday April 15 and 22 is headlined by Eminem. More

Nov 29, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last night Angel Olsen kicked off her latest tour at the Jefferson Theater in Charlottesville, VA. During the set she covered the David Bowie classic “Five Years,” the opening track to 1972’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. More

Nov 10, 2017 By Kyle Mullin

Phases is the name of Angel Olsen‘s new release, and that might seem to be accurate enough when you consider it’s a collection of rarities that span the St. Louis songstress’ burgeoning career. More

Nov 10, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

In 2016 Angel Olsen released a fantastic new album, MY WOMAN, via Jagjaguwar. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2016 list. While she hasn’t announced its follow-up album yet, today (via Jagjaguwar) she released Phases, a new collection of B-sides, rarities, and demos, including some previously unreleased tracks. Now you can stream the whole album. More

Nov 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

This Friday, November 10 (via Jagjaguwar) Angel Olsen is releasing Phases, a new collection of B-sides, rarities, and demos, including some previously unreleased tracks. Now she has shared another song from Phases, “Sans,” which is a previously unreleased home demo from 2015. She also performed the song on Morning Becomes Eclectic, on the Los Angeles public radio station KCRW. More

Oct 24, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

In 2016 Angel Olsen released a fantastic new album, MY WOMAN, via Jagjaguwar. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2016 list. While she hasn’t announced its follow-up album yet, on November 10 (via Jagjaguwar) she is releasing Phases, a new collection of B-sides, rarities, and demos, including some previously unreleased tracks. More

Oct 23, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last year Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen teamed up with Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) to release a collaborative album, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, via Glassnote. Then a couple of weeks back he shared a brand new song, “Heartstruck (Wild Hunger),” that featured the guest vocals of Angel Olsen. More

Oct 12, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last year Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen teamed up with Rostam Batmanglij (formerly of Vampire Weekend) to release a collaborative album, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine, via Glassnote. Now he has shared a brand new song, “Heartstruck (Wild Hunger),” that features the guest vocals of Angel Olsen. More

Sep 22, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

We’re back down to eight Songs of the Week, after promising last week to stick with a Top 10 for awhile. But it was a slow week for new tracks. Still, there were some clear gems this week, as you will see below, with an easy choice for top song. More

Sep 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

In 2016 Angel Olsen released a fantastic new album, MY WOMAN, via Jagjaguwar. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2016 list. While she hasn’t announced its follow-up album yet, she has announced Phases, a new collection of B-sides, rarities, and demos, including some previously unreleased tracks that’s due out November 10 via Jagjaguwar. More

Aug 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

In 2016 Angel Olsen released a fantastic new album, MY WOMAN, via Jagjaguwar. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2016 list. More

Jun 02, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

In 2016 Angel Olsen released a fantastic new album, MY WOMAN, via Jagjaguwar. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2016 list. Now she has announced some more tour dates for this summer and fall. More

May 04, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Austin City Limits have announced the lineup of their 2017 festival to go down in the Texas capitol this October. The event is headlined by Gorillaz, The xx, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Killers, Martin Garrix, and Chance the Rapper. More

Mar 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

FYF Fest has announced its 2017 lineup. The event is due to take place July 21 to 23 at Los Angeles’ Exposition Park. The headliners are Nine Inch Nails, Frank Ocean, Missy Elliott (her only 2017 show), and Björk. More

Mar 16, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

In 2016 Angel Olsen released a fantastic new album, MY WOMAN, via Jagjaguwar. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2016 list. Now she has covered the Connie Francis classic “Who’s Sorry Now” for the soundtrack to Amazon’s TV seriesThe Man in the High Castle. More

Feb 14, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

In 2016 Angel Olsen released a fantastic new album, MY WOMAN, via Jagjaguwar. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2016 list. Last night she stopped by Conan to perform MY WOMAN track “Give It Up. More

Jan 24, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

In 2016 Angel Olsen released a fantastic new album, MY WOMAN, via Jagjaguwar. It made it to #3 on Under the Radar’s Top 100 Albums of 2016 list. Now she has shared a video for the album’s “Pops.” More

Jan 20, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen has shared a brand new song, “Fly on Your Wall,” as the first offering in the “Our First 100 Days” anti-President Donald Trump project. More

Jan 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

During the election many indie rock musicians released anti-Donald Trump songs and likely assumed, like many liberals and Hillary Clinton supporters did, that Trump didn’t have a strong chance of winning. More

Sep 13, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen released her excellent new album, MY WOMAN, a couple of weeks back via Jagjaguwar. Previously she had shared videos for the album’s first three singles, “Intern,” “Shut Up Kiss Me,” and “Sister.” More

Sep 09, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our 2016 Protest Issue (out September, October, and into November), which is out now both digitally and on newsstands. We’ve done a Protest Issue every U.S. Presidential election year since 2004 and as before this issue features articles examining the intersection of music and politics and photo shoots with musicians holding protest signs of their own making. Then in mid-October we will be launching our charity Protest Auction, in which we auction off all the protest signs in the issue, with all profits going to the American Cancer Society. More

Sep 07, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Cass McCombs released his great new album, Mangy Love, a couple of weeks back via ANTI- (his first for the label). When the album was first announced he shared its funky first single, “Opposite House,” which features backing vocals from Angel Olsen. More

Aug 30, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen is releasing a new album, MY WOMAN, this Friday (September 2) via Jagjaguwar. Previously she had shared videos for the album’s first three singles, “Intern,” “Shut Up Kiss Me,” and “Sister.” More

Aug 24, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen is releasing a new album, MY WOMAN, on September 2 via Jagjaguwar. Previously she had shared videos for the album’s first two singles, “Intern” and “Shut Up Kiss Me.” Now she has shared another song from the album, the eight-minute long “Sister,” via its video. Olsen self-directed the album’s first two videos, but this time she co-directed with Conor Hagen. It features the singer/songwriter/guitarist wandering around Los Angeles and the California desert of Joshua Tree. More

Jun 29, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen is releasing a new album, MY WOMAN, on September 2 via Jagjaguwar. Previously she had shared a video for the album’s first single, “Intern.” Now here’s the album’s second single, “Shut Up Kiss Me,” via its video. In it Olsen roller-skates in a roller rink while wearing a silver wig and singing the song, as well as hanging out in a car. More

Jun 06, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen recently shared a mysterious new video to the YouTube account of her label, Jagjaguwar, that was determined to be for a new song entitled “Intern” potentially from an album named MY WOMAN. Now Olsen has officially announced the album. More

Jun 01, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Angel Olsen has shared a mysterious new video to the YouTube account of her label, Jagjaguwar. Stereogum has done some detective work and says it’s a video for a new song entitled “Intern” and is likely from her next album, which may or may not be titled My Woman. More

May 24, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Cass McCombs has announced a new album, Mangy Love, and shared its first single, “Opposite House,” which features Angel Olsen. Mangy Love is due out August 26 via ANTI-. Rob Schnapf and Dan Horne produced the album. McCombs has also announced some tour dates. More

Apr 27, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Wilco have announced some more tour dates. The June and August dates will include support from Kurt Vile and The Violators, Angel Olsen, William Tyler, Lucinda Williams, and Richard Tyler, depending on the show. More

Oct 29, 2014 By Laura Studarus

“May as Well” is a heartfelt solo track from the upcoming deluxe reissue of Angel Olsen’s Burn Your fire For No Witness. More

Sep 16, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Later this fall Jagjaguwar will release a deluxe edition of Angel Olsen‘s Burn Your Fire For No Witness. More

Jun 17, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Last night Angel Olsen was welcomed as the musical guest on the Late Show with David Letterman. More

May 28, 2014 By Laura Studarus

We have one month to go until the release of “What is This Heart?,” Tom Krell’s third album under the How to Dress Well name. More

May 15, 2014 By Laura Studarus

Here’s all you need to know—Angel Olsen is kinda awesome. More

Feb 10, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Next week Feb. 18 will see the release of several notable new albums. Among the most anticipated is Angel Olsen‘s sophomore album Burn Your Fire for No Witness, the follow-up to her 2012 debut Half Way Home. More

Feb 07, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Poised to release her brand new album Burn Your Fire for No Witness next week on Feb. 18, singer/songwriter Angel Olsen has shared another track off the effort titled “White Fire.” More

Feb 03, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On Feb. 18 Angel Olsen will release her brand new album Burn Your Fire for No Witness. More

Jan 09, 2014 By Laura Studarus

We’ve already heard “Forgiven/Forgotten,” the first single from Angel Olsen’s rough and tumble sophomore album Burn Your Fire For No Witness (due out February 18 via Jagjaguwar). Now you can take a listen to the second single “Hi-Five.” More

Dec 05, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Check out the lo-fi video for “Forgiven/Forgotten,” the first single from Angel Olsen’s recently announced album, Burn Your Fire For No Witness. More

Nov 14, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Angel Olsen will release her new album Burn Your Fire For No Witness in early 2014 via Jagjaguwar. More

Apr 18, 2014 By Frank Valish

The year 2014 is ramping up to be a big one for Angel Olsen. February saw the release of Olsen’s sophomore album, Burn Your Fire for No Witness, her first with the Jagjaguwar label. More

Aug 20, 2021 By Lexi Lane

Throughout the pandemic, songwriter Angel Olsen found solace in the seemingly strangest of places: the supermarket. By hearing classic hits of decades past over the loudspeakers, Olsen tapped into a new type of sound—straying away from somber melodies woven into past albums (notably, 2016’s My Woman and 2019’s All Mirrors). More

Oct 02, 2019 By Stephen Axeman

How many versions of you are there? Would you even recognize them all as you? What if in the uniting act of consciousness, you truly do only see yourself-redoubled, duplicated, and dispersed-through others’ bodies echoing to infinity? “I just want to know that what I’m seeing is what I’m seeing and not what I’m looking for,” Angel Olsen wrote on Twitter in July. On Olsen’s rapturous fourth album, All Mirrors, this cleansed vision is precisely what she gifts us. More

Sep 01, 2016 By Ed McMenamin

Angel Olsen threw a curve ball by announcing MY WOMAN with the “Intern” video. Clad in a silver wig, her unmistakable voice was present, but it was served over a warbling synth backdrop, simultaneously both uneasy and familiar, like an Angelo Badalamenti score. More

Feb 17, 2014 By Chris Drabick

One of the most striking things about Angel Olsen‘s solo work to date might be the fact that she initially made her bones utilizing her enviable pipes harmonizing with Will Oldham and as one of Emmett Kelly’s Cairo Gang. On her own, her songs and delivery are so cocksure that it’s no small wonder how she was ever able to comparatively keep her vocal and compositional lights under bushels. More

Nov 20, 2012 By Frank Valish

On Tuesday night in Philadelphia, Folkadelphia, the online radio show of local station WXPN, arranged an intimate acoustic show at West Philly’s Studio 34 yoga/healing/arts center. The show featured newcomer Brendan Codey, Philadelphia folk institution Meg Baird, and headliner Angel Olsen. More

Apr 26, 2011 By Frank Valish

Angel Olsen has played in a couple projects with Will Oldham, but her own musical style highlights a creative spirit more in line with such jazz singers as Billie Holiday and Nina Simone. Prepare to be amazed. More